In the day following Michael Jackson's death, one can be sure the twittosphere is filled with many thoughts on him - grief, wishes for a positive afterlife, derision about his recent troubles. But what tweet would stand out for Sir Twitalot?
Well friends, it was this one:
DebAsrate
I can't explain how much I regret not going to Neverland when I could.Sir Twitalot finds this random tweet to encompass so much using so little.
Poetic - The Tweet has a definite rhythm with which it needs to be read.
Emotion - The frustration at debastrate's inability to explain her deep and vast regrets mixes with the fun she can only imagine. It touches us all in the places we have where we regret not having done something.
Personal Connect with History - She had a chance to actually go to Neverland. She appears to have been a child at an age when going to Neverland seemed to be a marvelous adventure. (Or perhaps she didn't go because it was in the news by then.)
Fantastical - She doesn't refer to his music as most tweeters have. She refers to another creation, one of Michael's that sought to perpetuate childhood. An iconic place from fantasy literature that Michael tried to bring into reality by naming his ranch, Neverland.
This is a tweet in a vast morass of 140 character moaning, eulogizing, deriding that we feel did a lot.
Instead of Beat It, debastrate knew she had to Tweet It today. And she did.
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